Guys which role is safer in recession? I am thinking of applying to both the companies and see what I can get? Also, is it a safe time to look for jobs? Do new hires(junior dev) more prone to getting laid off?
We should establish a minimum tax payment of one million dollars for visa holders before allowing them to convert to green card status. This measure would contribute to the growth of the USA and facilitate the creation of new jobs, with the possibility of subsidies. Each year, we grant citizenship t...Read more
Yesterday I got an offer from Amazon. Is it safe to join? They laid me off in November. Now they wanted to retain me. They told me. It is a long term project for 3 years. This will increase Amazon revenue a lot. I asked them about job safety. They said "No guarantee" But project is long term. Should...Read more
I have a revenue generating personal business outside USA. I am currently on H1B in USA. I know that you are not supposed to make additional income besides your employer as H1B holder. In my case, does my revenue outside USA affect visa status in USA?#h1b #visa
August,2023 Transactions - 10.58 billion. Value - 15.34 lakh crore (~$190 billion) Visa/Master cards revenues are shrinking in Indian debit card segments. Rupay also issuing domestic credit cards and use it through UPI interface.
***This is a controversial take a few days before 4th of July*** It's common knowledge that the revenue required to fund Social Security is woefully inadequate with persistent funding shortfalls. The percentage of retiring Americans is growing and their medical needs is growing much faster than th...Read more
On Visa, picking from 2 teams: 1) AI for existing product that’s profitable and work would directly generate revenue. 2) Engineering work for legal compliance. Legally needed for existing product(s) to keep functioning in country(s) by ‘x’ date. TC: $350k (new), $305k (google/old)
American, so I don’t have to deal with these issues. I know how hard it is to go through and I do sympathize, but with all the applicants, most with very well paying jobs, it seems that if immigration just charged for visas it would be a good revenue generator for govt. 85k visas X $100k is 8.5 bil...Read more
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/visa-s-2q-profit-revenue-growth-beats-wall-street-targets-271651004741 Google missed and microsoft barely hit but visa did okay so I think consumer spending is decent at least for now. TC:160K
Hi Blind fam! Need your help. I'm a Product Director at a non-FAANG in Bay area, think Paypal, eBay, Salesforce etc. Lead a team of 10 PMs in a revenue generating org. New VP came in who is a big bully. He wanted me to PIP half my meets expectations PM team. I pushed back a bit and he PIP'ed me with...Read more
USCIS to furlough 2/3 of its employees, as a result of lost revenues, from suspension of issuing VISAs, which was announced to protect jobs for Americans! https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1232042 #h1b #immigration
Upstart's partners are lowly credit unions and car dealerships. Pagaya partnered with higher-grade fintech companies such as Visa and Sofi. Pagaya's revenue grew faster than Upstart in the past 3 years. Pagaya is alrady in mortgage. Upstart plans to launch mortgage in 1 or 2 years. Why doesn't Up...Read more
My spouse's company recently went through a work force reduction due to drop in the revenues. She is india for her H1b visa stamping but survived the layoff. Her concern is they are waiting for her to comeback to cut her position. Does it happen like this or Did she survive this round? What are the ...Read more
Hey all, I'm on my h1b non immigration visa and after doing some research I found out it sucks being on H1B. I literally can't do anything except my job. No way to earn extra money. Can't do anything that generates revenue. Something as simple as driving an uber/ selling my photographs/writing a ...Read more
Has anyone done it? Is there a way to do it? I really want to do entrepreneurship. Indeed I have some near prod ready stuff, but I want to get the legality cleared up. Let's say I wrote a website and made $1 ad revenue, did I just break the law/TN visa? Can I be a Canadian YouTuber/Blogger and also...Read more
I have an offer from Twitter and it is confirmed by the manager and the recruiter. It's in the revenue space and has been deemed as business critical. Engineering leadership role. With everything going on around acquisition and Elon musk. Should I consider joining? Things to consider - I'm on wor...Read more
It is “at will” right? So managers can set expectations unrealistic. Like “I want this one week job done in one day, otherwise you are fired”. Maybe that’s a threat but it is totally legal. This works especially on people on visa. This also applies to c-suite. CEO can tell VP I want your product to...Read more
mandatory experience - 15+ in java, includes 8+ in android, includes 12+ on "temporary" work-visa as a "temporary" worker. obligatory tc - nada, zilch!! i'd broadly classify the industry as revenue-centers and cost-centers. the latter are everywhere, big banks, insurance, media-houses, retail gian...Read more
Green card backlogs have been piled up with no intent of clearing anytime soon and the way USCIS is treating new cases with immense delay with worst immigration services at all front including getting visa interview slots, is it worth living like this? I constantly feel that this is deliberately be...Read more
Seems like good old supply/demand would quickly take care of the issue whereby highly skilled workers would still get in and lower skilled ones companies wouldn’t pay for the cost. Plus, it would raise government revenue. $50K/year x 100,000 H1-B visa would be worth $5B to the government.